Meeting organized by Interpol and UNESCO, with the support of the National Secretariat of Culture and the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay in the facilities of the Historical Archives of Asuncion, Paraguay.
The event was part of the joint efforts of UNESCO and Interpol to help in fighting the scourge of the trafficking in cultural property and to ensure the follow-up of the meeting organized in Buenos Aires in 2012 in order to train representatives of the police, customs, law authorities and officials of the Ministry of Culture. The training was provided by high-level experts from Interpol, UNESCO (Maria Luz Endere), the Heritage Police of Spain (Javier Morales) and Argentina (Marcelo El Haibe and Fernando Gomez).
The training modules covered the following issues:
• international conventions, in particular the UNESCO 1970 Convention and the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention;
• methods of police investigation and prevention;
• tools and methodology developed by UNESCO, Interpol and heritage police forces;
• security in museums and archaeological sites;
• the code of conduct and ethics, and
• the role of customs and professionals from the art market.
More than 50 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay received training and were able to exchange experiences and knowledge on good practices against the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
A working session was devoted to the creation of a network between the participants so as to create a community of sub-regional knowledge to strengthen the implementation of future cooperation activities.
More informationMeeting organized by Interpol and UNESCO, with the support of the National Secretariat of Culture and the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay in the facilities of the Historical Archives of Asuncion, Paraguay.
The event was part of the joint efforts of UNESCO and Interpol to help in fighting the scourge of the trafficking in cultural property and to ensure the follow-up of the meeting organized in Buenos Aires in 2012 in order to train representatives of the police, customs, law authorities and officials of the Ministry of Culture. The training was provided by high-level experts from Interpol, UNESCO (Maria Luz Endere), the Heritage Police of Spain (Javier Morales) and Argentina (Marcelo El Haibe and Fernando Gomez).
The training modules covered the following issues:
• international conventions, in particular the UNESCO 1970 Convention and the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention;
• methods of police investigation and prevention;
• tools and methodology developed by UNESCO, Interpol and heritage police forces;
• security in museums and archaeological sites;
• the code of conduct and ethics, and
• the role of customs and professionals from the art market.
More than 50 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay received training and were able to exchange experiences and knowledge on good practices against the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
A working session was devoted to the creation of a network between the participants so as to create a community of sub-regional knowledge to strengthen the implementation of future cooperation activities.
More informationMeeting organized by Interpol and UNESCO, with the support of the National Secretariat of Culture and the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay in the facilities of the Historical Archives of Asuncion, Paraguay.
The event was part of the joint efforts of UNESCO and Interpol to help in fighting the scourge of the trafficking in cultural property and to ensure the follow-up of the meeting organized in Buenos Aires in 2012 in order to train representatives of the police, customs, law authorities and officials of the Ministry of Culture. The training was provided by high-level experts from Interpol, UNESCO (Maria Luz Endere), the Heritage Police of Spain (Javier Morales) and Argentina (Marcelo El Haibe and Fernando Gomez).
The training modules covered the following issues:
• international conventions, in particular the UNESCO 1970 Convention and the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention;
• methods of police investigation and prevention;
• tools and methodology developed by UNESCO, Interpol and heritage police forces;
• security in museums and archaeological sites;
• the code of conduct and ethics, and
• the role of customs and professionals from the art market.
More than 50 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay received training and were able to exchange experiences and knowledge on good practices against the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
A working session was devoted to the creation of a network between the participants so as to create a community of sub-regional knowledge to strengthen the implementation of future cooperation activities.
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